translation is an activity that crystalizes borders. in aworld with good translations, there are no borders but the wall is not made ofconcrete. there are boundaries but crystal walls that has emerged from the workof translators. in a world, where borders is inevitable translation is a way tocleanse borders of factious and desperate. if we translate in accordance to thetheory of antoine berman,...

objectives due to the lack of a standard tool for assessing patients’ capacity to consent to medical treatment in iran, the present study was carried out aiming to devise a persian version of a cross-cultural adaptation of the macarthur competence assessment tool. conclusions in the present study, we are able to focus on and prove the efficacy and benefits of this measurement tool. results the ...

the seventh art has stabilized its proper place in the social and cultural level in different societies of the world. although, in this art, the picture, sound, music and movement are very important but the role of speech in the transmission of sense is undeniable. development and presentation of this art to the audience depends greatly on translation of the speech from the original language to...

since any kind of training aims at educating professionals, this research tries to merge theoretical and practical bases of translation training and remove any obstacles in different educational programs existing in the fields of translation studies. translation training is not confined to language teaching, although mastering both source and target languages will make the translators more succ...

Translation, ipso facto, is an understanding and a transferal of meaning from one language into another. Therefore, it may be fitting to conclude that a suitable semantic theory should underpin any attempt to that end. This paper advocates implementing Systemic Functional Linguistics (henceforth SFL) which subscribes to a view of language as a "meaning-potential". In fact, Halliday and Matthies...